Issue 65
Spring 2003
Theme: Tear Prevention
Articles in this issue of Midwifery Today include:
- Is Prevention Always the Best Cure?
- The Art of the Sitz Bath
- Champagne and the Fetus Ejection Reflex
- Everything You Need to Know to Prevent Perineal Tearing
- Easing the Baby Out
- Dehydration and the Infant: Warning Signs and Treatment
- Homeopathy for the Childbirth Attendant
Cover photo of Jan Tritten’s hands by Jennifer Rosenberg
Departments
- From the Editor—One Birth, One Woman at a Time
- Poetry
- Networking
- Tricks of the Trade
- Marion’s Message
- Question of the Quarter
- Journal Abstracts
- News
- Media Reviews
- Classified Advertising
- Calendar
- Photo Album
Features
- Champagne and the Fetus Ejection Reflex—Michel Odent
- Everything You Need to Know to Prevent Perineal Tearing—Elizabeth Bruce
- Making Room for Babies—Sue Brailey
- Is Prevention Always the Best Cure?—Sara Wickham
- Tear Prevention the Orgasmic Way—Marina Alzugaray
- Easing the Baby Out—Lisa Lehrer, CPM
- Tips on Tear Prevention
- The Perineum and the Birth Environment—Melissa Schuppe
- What If?—Jennifer Rosenberg
- The Art of the Sitz Bath—Adrienne Leeds
- More Than Just a Scar—Deb Abramson
- Reflections of My Obstetrical Training—Denise Punger
- Culture of Fear—Jeff Balch
- Midwifery and the Constitution—Erik L. Smith
- Midwife’s Journal—Ruth Cobb
- Homeopathy for the Childbirth Attendant—Karen Ferreira
- Dehydration and the Infant—Charlotte Millington
International Midwife
- Editorial: Enlisting Change Around the World
- Cards and Letters
- A Happy Collaboration—Joni Nichols
- En Español: La Crianza Empieza en el Útero—Laura Lerner Emmer
- In English: Upbringing Begins in the Uterus—Laura Lerner Emmer
- The Midwife in Traditional Ukrainian Culture—Olena Boryak
- Lessons from One of the Last Tica Midwives—Rebecca Turecky
- Improving Birth in Nigeria—Andrew I. Ewere
- Midwifery Education in Slovenia—Mihaela Skoberne and Ana-Polona Skocir
- Interviews with “Maiden Midwives”—Mary Kroeger
